Table Of Contents - Yamaha P-255 Owner's Manual

PRECAUTIONS .....................................................4
P-255 Manuals .......................................................6
Included Accessories .............................................6
Main Features
Panel Controls & Functions
Getting Ready
Setting Up
Turning on the instrument ......................................10
Auto Power-Off.......................................................10
Adjusting the volume..............................................11
Setting up the music rest........................................11
Using headphones .................................................11
Connecting pedals (Sustain pedal) ........................11
Using an optional pedal unit...................................12
Main Operations
Selecting & Playing Voices
Selecting Voices.....................................................13
Listening to the Voice demo songs ........................13
Layering two Voices with Dual mode .....................14
Dividing the keyboard with Split mode ...................14
Adding reverb.........................................................15
Adding effects ........................................................16
Transposing ...........................................................16
Tuning the instrument ............................................17
Changing the touch sensitivity ...............................17
Adjusting the tone ..................................................17
Boosting the overall sound.....................................18
Locking the control panel .......................................18
Using the Metronome
Playing Rhythm Tracks
Playing Songs
Supported song types ............................................21
Playing a song........................................................21
Convenient playback functions ..............................23
Recording Keyboard Performances
Simple recording of all parts (MIDI or Audio
songs)................................................................25
Recording individual parts (MIDI songs) ................27
Deleting recorded parts individually (MIDI songs)..28
Changing Voice(s) and tempo, etc. after recording
(MIDI songs) ......................................................28
Contents
Using USB Flash Drives
Working with USB flash drives............................... 30
Managing files on a USB flash drive...................... 31
Copying a User Song recorded on the instrument
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to a USB flash drive .......................................... 32
Deleting a User Song............................................. 33
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Formatting a USB flash drive................................. 33
Connecting Other Equipment
Connecting audio equipment ................................. 34
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Connecting to a computer...................................... 34
Connecting other MIDI devices.............................. 35
Connecting an iPad or iPhone ............................... 35
Performing Live
Performing on-stage as part of a band .................. 36
Singing and playing on your own........................... 38
Customizing with Function Parameters 40
Basic Function-parameter operations.................... 41
Descriptions of Function parameters ..................... 41
Restoring factory settings ...................................... 48
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Appendix
Display Messages ............................................... 49
Troubleshooting .................................................. 50
Voice List............................................................. 51
50 Piano Songs (Preset Songs) .......................... 52
Specifications ...................................................... 53
Index ................................................................... 54
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